Ian Simpson Flinn is an engineering manager at Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group in Bristol, England. He leads a team of 19 engineers supporting defense and marine projects. Previously, he was a team leader managing engineers working on critical parts lifing and integrity issues for defense aerospace projects. He has over 30 years of experience at Rolls-Royce in stress analysis, lifing, and integrity roles interfacing with customers worldwide.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Ian Simpson Flinn
UK ADDRESS: 30, Deanery Road, Warmley,
Bristol, BS15 9JB
HOME TELEPHONE: Bristol (0117) 935 2501
WORKS TELEPHONE: Bristol (0117) 97 95785
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 January 1963
NATIONALITY: British
MARITAL STATUS: Married
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT: August 1993 to present time
Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group,
Bristol.
I have been in the position of Engineering Manager, Rotatives, Bristol since mid
2012. In this role I have the responsibility for all Rotatives functions that are
needed to support the Defence and Marine businesses in Bristol. I lead a team of
19 Engineers which include 5 Specialists and 2 Team Leaders, who have the
Technical responsibility for all the work on all the Rotatives components used by
the Marine and Defence Projects. The Specialists also work on Corporate tasks
and support the CLE and CSME business groups.
As the overall Resource Manager I also have to work with the Offload of any work
to our Low Cost Engineering supplier as well as the Rotative managed Service
Provider. In this role I have to decide which tasks can be placed in these
suppliers and make sure that they are both time and cost efficient.
From 2005 to 2012 I was in the position of Team Leader – Critical Part Lifing &
Integrity, Bristol. There I led a team of 12 Engineers and four Specialists, who
dealt with all the Defence Aerospace Projects, as well as being involved Globally
on all issues on the Processes, Procedures and Methodology of maintaining the
Life and Integrity of the Engine Critical Parts. I was the Resource Manager for the
Team, which means that I control the workload and through put of the CPL&I
tasks, ensuring that everyone was working at a high level and that their work/life
balance is maintained. I carried out the Personal Development Reviews for 13 of
the team to make sure that they have yearly Objectives that are aligned to the
Rotatives Business, and allow them to develop personally. I had responsibility for
the recruitment of permanent and sub-contract personnel within my team.
I had Technical responsibility for all the work produced by the Team, signing off
reports and procedural documentation. I was given delegated responsibility from
the Process Owners for Critical Parts to sign the Life and Integrity documents that
support the RRQMS procedure GQP C.4.50.

2. During my time in Rolls-Royce I have had communication with a number of
international customers on site in Bristol as well as travelling to America,
Germany, Italy and Brazil. I have regular contact with all Defence Aerospace
customers as well as EASA. Internally my team supports all projects, which
means that I have weekly contact with Chief Engineers, Chief Design Engineers,
Company Specialists and IPT Leads.
Prior to this role I was working in the Indianapolis Component Life Management
team as part of a six-month secondment to help with the Lifing Transition of RR
Corporate lifing methods to Indianapolis. In this role I produced procedural
documentation that will be used by the whole Engineering community within RR
Corporation. I was also involved in assisting with the resolution of in-service
issues with the AE3007, T800, Model 250 and T56 Engine Projects.
Up to the time in Indianapolis I was a Principal Stress Engineer in the Bristol
Materials, Critical Part Lifing & Integrity Group within Operations Engineering &
Technology. I was the designated contact within the Lifing group for the Aero
Fleet Group, Adour 951, Adour AJT and Fleet Marine engines. This role involved
planning of the workload and improving the methods & processes for lifing and
integrity of Critical Parts with regard to the above Projects. I also deputised for the
previous Team Leader when absent. This included, a 4-month spell as Team
Leader between November 2003 and March 2004, recruiting sub-contract and
administrative staff, direct liaison with the Director of Materials and the Chiefs of
the Materials functions and also interfacing with the Component Engineering
Team (DA) and their work with the Indian Offshore Agency QuEST, where I
directly supervised the training of the QuEST engineers. My background has
been in the Stress community, Starting with Rolls-Royce in the East Kilbride
Stress Office in 1986, moving to Bristol in 1993 as the Military Spey and Avon
Stress Engineer and then moving into the Lifing Group in 1995.
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3. INTERFACES
The following is a list of groups within Rolls-Royce and some of the external
companies that I interface with.
Fleet Engineering
Component Engineering Team
East Kilbride RRAES
Materials Lab Bristol
Operations Engineering & Technology
Adour Project
Fleet Marine Bristol
All Operational Business Units
RR Deutschland
RR Corporation Indianapolis;
Engineering & Technology, Component Life Management, Materials, AE3007 &
Model 250 Projects.
Fiat Avio
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) Brazilian Air Force
QuEST
EKES
Assystem
Select Appointments
SPECIALISED TRAINING:
ERP, P&K Resource Managers Training.
Finite Element Packages, including PATRAN, NASTRAN and Rolls-Royce 'in-
house' system SC03, also the application of Fracture Mechanics and Vibration
Analysis.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: August 1993 to December 1995
Rolls-Royce Bristol
Spey & Avon Project
I worked as a Project Stress Engineer on the Spey, Avon, Nene, Conway and
Tyne engines. Here I carried out all aspects of the stress job reporting to the
Assistant Chief and Chief Engineer. This would entail failure investigation (stress
analysis) of all components of the engines as well as analysis of rotating and
static components. I was also able to liase with the customer and have reviewed
the inspection procedures of the Group 'A' components at Fiat Avio in Brindisi.
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4. PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (Cont.) : March 1986 to August 1993
Rolls-Royce East Kilbride
Stress Office
I worked as a Project Stress Engineer on the Spey, Tay, V2500 and BR710
engines. I analysed both static and rotating components, this included analysis of
turbine and compressor discs, vibration analysis of compressor blades and
structural analysis of engine casings. I also deputised for the Senior Project
Stress Engineer.
EDUCATION : University of Strathclyde
October 1981 to June 1985.
Degree: B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Hon's.)
Principal Subjects: Applied Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Design,
Mathematics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, Mechanics of Structures.
Final Year Project: Finite Element Analysis of Spherical Pressure Vessels.
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